Did you ever imagine that the one thing more expensive than your new £1,000 kitchen hood will be the dinner you’ll serve? Believe it or not, the world’s most expensive ham weighs 7 kilos (over 15 pounds) and has an exorbitant price of £1,800 (about $2,850). Even more surprising was for us to learn that this is actually a quite modest price for such a rare delicacy!
Anyway, the Iberico ham is sold with its own DNA certificate which proves the origin of the meat. Why a DNA certificate? Well, probably because after three years of curing the ham, people might forget where it actually originated from…
‘Responsible’ for this oddity is Manuel Maldonado, a pig farmer and – of course – ham expert who patiently selected and bred 50 pigs. The animals were kept on a special diet of roots and acorn, and the final result is said to be marvelous taste-wise. However, we prefer talking about it and never actually tasting the delicacy.
